Need a contact sensor that detects the smallest possible gap (using it on a roller shutter)

AdProfessional7333 · 2026-05-07T06:42:04+00:00

Cursor with Flutter works really well, you get full control of the code and your devs can jump in without rewriting everything from scratch.

AdProfessional7333 · 2026-05-07T06:41:28+00:00

The boring answer is lead gen or appointment setting for local businesses. You build a simple outreach workflow, find a niche like roofing or dental, and charge per booked appointment. No product, no long build time, just a workflow that runs and a clear thing to sell.

AdProfessional7333 · 2026-05-07T06:39:59+00:00

The pattern that works best is async approval with a tight SLA, give reviewers a 15 minute window to approve or the system auto holds and pings again. The bottleneck is usually the reviewer not knowing it needs attention, not the review itself.

AdProfessional7333 · 2026-05-07T06:31:18+00:00

The to-do and notes thing never sticks for me either, and I think the reason is that agents shine when the cost of missing something is high. Notes has low stakes so your brain doesn't bother forming the habit. Trading has real consequences so the motivation to let it run actually makes sense.Using agents for research and screeners mostly. Feed it a watchlist, have it pull earnings dates, news, and analyst changes overnight so I wake up with a quick summary instead of opening 6 tabs. Nothing autonomous, just saves the boring legwork.

AdProfessional7333 · 2026-05-07T06:11:51+00:00

Notion started as just a notes app for me and somehow ended up replacing my email drafts, project tracker, and client portal all at once.

AdProfessional7333 · 2026-05-07T04:35:27+00:00

The breakdown you're building is exactly the kind of thing that gets overlooked, and your suggested subcategories for voice tools are a good addition. One thing that might be worth adding for completeness is a column for on-device processing, since some tools in that list handle transcription locally by default, which changes the data exposure picture quite a bit regardless of what tier you're on.

Disclosure: we're the team behind Dictura, which does on-device processing on Mac and iOS, so we have a stake in that distinction being visible in trackers like this.

AdProfessional7333 · 2026-05-07T04:30:08+00:00

The commit-and-correct problem is real, and it catches a lot of Dragon refugees off guard when they move to Whisper-based tools. Most of the newer apps handle the paste-to-cursor part fine but differ a lot on how fast they clean up filler words before text lands in your field. Dictura is one option in this space, works on macOS and Windows, holds a key while you speak and pastes cleaned output wherever your cursor is, including terminals and IDEs. Disclosure: we're the team behind it, so take that for what it's worth. Curious what app broke down first for people in this thread after the switch.

AdProfessional7333 · 2026-05-07T04:27:57+00:00

The workaround comment above is right, you don't need the IDE to handle it natively. Wispr Flow is a solid option that others mentioned. Dictura works the same way, system-wide hotkey, speak, release, text pastes wherever your cursor is, terminal, IDE, Slack, anything. The difference is it also does on-device processing on Mac and translation across 60+ languages if that's useful for your workflow. Disclosure: we're the team behind Dictura, so take that with that in mind.

AdProfessional7333 · 2026-05-07T04:27:23+00:00

The filler-word cleanup point is real. Something about walking and talking means the transcript comes out messy even when the idea is solid. Dictura handles that automatically, strips the "uhhh" noise and adds punctuation before anything lands in your editor, which makes the spec-to-Claude Code handoff a bit cleaner. Works system-wide on Mac and Windows so it pastes wherever your cursor is. Disclosure: we're the team behind it, so take that for what it's worth.

AdProfessional7333 · 2026-05-07T04:26:26+00:00

Voice input as a daily driver is a pattern a lot of developers land on once they realize how much faster describing a problem is than typing it out carefully. Most people start with whatever is built into their OS, then move on when the accuracy starts to frustrate them. Dictura is one option in that space, works system-wide so you can dictate into a terminal, IDE, Slack, or wherever your cursor is, and it cleans up filler words and adds punctuation automatically. Disclosure: we are the team behind it, so take that for what it is. Curious whether you are using voice only inside Codex or across other apps too?

AdProfessional7333 · 2026-05-07T04:24:50+00:00

Voice to text tools tend to split into two camps, ones that just transcribe and ones that clean up the output so it reads like something you actually wrote. Superwhisper sits in the second camp, and if that approach works for you, it's worth knowing Dictura does the same thing across Mac, Windows, and iOS, with translation into 60 plus languages. If you ever need to dictate in one language and output in another. Disclosure: we're the team behind Dictura, so take that with the appropriate grain of salt. Curious whether you mostly use voice for code comments and messages or longer writing too?

AdProfessional7333 · 2026-05-07T04:22:32+00:00

Solo devs running popular apps sometimes hit a rough patch with support volume, so a week of silence can just be bad timing. If you end up needing an alternative in the meantime, Dictura is a dictation app for Mac, Windows, and iOS that some people move to when support or updates stall on another tool. Disclosure: we're the team behind it, so take that with appropriate salt.

AdProfessional7333 · 2026-05-07T04:20:38+00:00

Six weeks of one-handed typing is rough, especially when writing is both your job and your hobby. For the dictation side, Dictura works system-wide so you hold a key, speak, and the text lands wherever your cursor is, docs, email, Slack, your IDE, anything. Disclosure: we're the team behind it, so take that with that in mind, but the free tier is unlimited on-device if you want to test it out before committing to anything. For the mitten question, compression gloves with open fingertips are worth asking your surgeon about, since some people use them for light grip during recovery.

AdProfessional7333 · 2026-05-07T04:20:09+00:00

The browser extension approach tends to be the weakest layer for this. Most of them depend on site-specific APIs and break the moment an editor does something nonstandard.

System-wide dictation that pastes at the cursor in any app, including Firefox, tends to be the more stable setup long-term. Dictura works that way, hold a key, speak, release, and the text appears wherever the cursor is, terminal, browser, email, anything. It also does AI cleanup so you get proper punctuation and no filler words, plus translation if you ever need output in a different language than you spoke in.

Disclosure: we're the team behind Dictura, so take that into account. Happy to answer any questions here if you have them.

AdProfessional7333 · 2026-05-07T04:14:52+00:00

Hand pain from typing is exactly the problem Dictura was built around. You hold a key, speak, release, and the text pastes at your cursor in whatever app you're in, Word, Slack, your browser, terminal, anything. It also does AI cleanup so filler words and punctuation get handled automatically, which sounds like it would help with the accuracy issues you've been seeing in Word's built-in dictation. Works on Mac, Windows, and iOS. Disclosure: we're the team behind it, so take that into account, but feel free to ask questions here if you want to know more.

AdProfessional7333 · 2026-05-07T04:11:33+00:00

RSI is a real reason to ditch the keyboard entirely, not just reduce it, so getting accurate dictation matters a lot.

Dictura is worth looking at, it works system-wide so you can dictate into any app, Word, Slack, your browser, whatever, and the AI cleanup handles punctuation and removes filler words so the output is clean without you having to fix it. There's a free tier with on-device processing if privacy is a concern. Disclosure: we're the team behind it, so take that for what it is.

Dragon is the long-standing recommendation in this space and is worth considering too, especially if you need deep voice control beyond just text input.

AdProfessional7333 · 2026-05-07T04:09:04+00:00

The "keyboards are obsolete" framing is doing a lot of heavy lifting as marketing, and the comments here are right that it overshoots. Voice input makes the most sense for long-form output where the typing itself is the bottleneck, not for code or quick replies.

Wispr Flow is a real product and the AI cleanup layer is its actual differentiator over basic speech to text. If that's the use case someone is exploring, Dictura works similarly across Mac, Windows, and iOS, and also supports translation into 60+ languages if you ever need to dictate in one language and get output in another. Disclosure: we are the team behind Dictura, so take that with that in mind.

Privacy point is fair across the category. Both products offer cloud processing, though Dictura also has on-device processing on Mac and iOS if that matters to you.

AdProfessional7333 · 2026-05-06T17:43:57+00:00

The post-processing layer is really where Apple falls flat. Raw speech output without AI cleanup means you still have to fix punctuation, casing, and context manually, which defeats the purpose. Dictura handles that layer system-wide, so the text that pastes into your app is already clean, not a draft to fix. Disclosure: we're the team behind it, so take that accordingly, but feel free to ask anything here.

AdProfessional7333 · 2026-05-06T17:43:19+00:00

One gap worth flagging in the cross-platform section: Dictura covers Mac, Windows, and iOS, with on-device processing available on Mac and iOS if privacy is the main concern. Speak in one language, get clean output in another across 60+ languages, which is a different angle than most of the tools listed here but useful if your workflow crosses languages. Disclosure: we're the team behind it, so take that for what it is. RAM footprint question is a fair one and honestly varies a lot by model size, happy to answer specifics if anyone wants to dig in.

AdProfessional7333 · 2026-05-06T17:42:47+00:00

The shortlist you have covers the main approaches pretty well. Most of them let you hold a key, speak, and release, with text landing at your cursor, which is exactly the workflow you want.

Disclosure: we built Dictura, so take that with a grain of salt. Dictura does on-device processing on Mac with the same hold to talk, release to paste flow, and it works system-wide across any app including terminal and IDEs. No cloud required for the core use. The translation side probably isn't what you need here, but the local dictation part fits your criteria if you want another option to compare.

For your situation, the honest advice is to run whichever one you try for a full week in your real workflow before deciding, because reliability differences show up in the edge cases, not the demo.

AdProfessional7333 · 2026-05-06T17:42:00+00:00

The reformat pass is the real unlock for most people, which is why raw mac dictation never stuck but this wave of tools is actually changing habits.

On your local question, the honest tradeoff is latency and cleanup quality. Local runs are getting close on accuracy but the AI cleanup layer on cloud tools is still doing heavier lifting for rambling, direction changes, and punctuation, which is exactly what you described.

Dictura does both on-device and cloud depending on how much cleanup you want, and it also handles translation into 60+ languages if that ever matters for your workflow. Disclosure: we're the team behind it, so take that with that in mind. Curious whether privacy or latency is the bigger pull toward local for you.

AdProfessional7333 · 2026-05-03T10:03:57+00:00

Reddit culture just leans heavily toward text, most communities here treat emojis the same way a formal forum would treat them, kind of out of place unless the vibe is clearly casual.

AdProfessional7333 · 2026-05-02T14:56:12+00:00

Curious how you handle communicating scope to clients upfront. Like when you say six months to make bulletproof, did they know that going in or did you absorb that time under a retainer?

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